Type-containing channel.



No. 708,645. Patenfed'sept. 9, |902. L. K. JoHNsnN & A. A. Low.

TYPE CONTAINING CHANNEL. (Application filed Jan. 18, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l,

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TYPE CONTAINING CHANNEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON AND ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF

NEV YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-CONTAINING CHANNEL.

SPECIFICATION' forming' part of Letters Patent No. 708,645, dated September 9, 1902. Application `led January 18, 1899. Serial No. 702,518, (No model.)

To @ZZ 1072/0711/ it may concern:

Beit known that we, LOUIS KossUTH JOHN- soN and ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, citizens of the United States, residingin the borough of Brooklyn, inthe county of' Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type Containing Channels, of which the followingis a specilication sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

Our improvements relate to type-containing channels generally, but more particularly to those designed for use in type apparatus in which the types are arranged upon their hat sides, as in the numerous typesetter cases heretofore patented to us, in which the types are forwarded successively from the lower end of a channel by a reciprocating pusher into position to be conveniently removed by the hand of the compositor.

The main object of our present invention is to adapt a single type-containing channel to various fonts or sizes of types in a simple manner; and it consists, primarily, in the use ot' a channel entirely open on one side, excepting that it has inwardly-projecting or return type-retaining flanges; secondarily, in the use in connection with such open channel of compensating strips or y fillets which adapt the channel to the smaller sizes of types, and, finally, in certain other special features of construction hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the open side of ourimproved type-containing channel with a llet in position therein; Fig. 2, anr elevation of the reverse side thereof; Fig. 3, a rear elevation; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section upon plane of line 4 4, Fig. 1, showing one of the compensating iillets ,in the channel. Fig. 5 is an end View, upon an enlarged scale, illustrating the use of a llet in front of the type; Fig. (5, a similar view illustrating the use of a fillet behind the type. Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views illustrating the use of a double fillet; Fig. 9, an end View of a channel showing grooves in the return type-retaining flanges. Fig. 10 is an isometricaly perspective of one end of a double Iillet. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the open side of the channel, showing I types in position. Fig. 12 is an elevation of a single fillet. Fig. 13 is an end elevation illustrating the use of the channel without 55 of type-containing channel C, may be said to consist in the fact that it is practically open on one side, having only one side wall or plate c, the types T being supported upon the other side by return-fianges c c2, either directly or through the medium of oneor more 7o fillets, as hereinafter described. The opposed return-flanges c' c2 project inward toward each other, respectively, from the spine c3 and the front wall c4 ot' the channel, so as to overlap the faces and heels of the types contained therein when said types occupy their normal position transversely in the channel. A type-supporting shoulder c5 may be provided at the lower end of the channel as heretofore and the lower end of the spine formed 8o to admit the reciprocating pusher in the usual way, although these features of construction form no part of the present invention. The channel C is made of maximumv size-that is to say, it will accommodate the largest-sized 8 5 type to be -used in connection therewith, as

illustrated in Fig. 13, the inner surfaces of the return-fiangcs c c2 being separated from the inner surface of the side or plate c a space equal to the greatest width of type. channel C is adapted to the requirements of the smaller sizes of type by means of compensating iillets F, consisting, preferably, of comparatively thin strips of metal or other suitable material. used in two ways with equal'eiect. They may be placed in the channel so as to rest against the inner side of the wall or plate c, as in Figs. 6 and 14, or they may be placed to rest directly against the return-flanges c' roo c2, as in Figs. 5, 7, 8, and 15. In either case they compensate for the differencei in width Fig. 16 is an isometrical view of the 6o The 9o These fillets F may be of a smaller type as compared with the maximum size to be used in the channel taken in the channel loose and ungovernable. 1t is designed to form a channel that Will be available for eight different sizes or fonts of type, and this may be done by the use of but four fillets of appropriate thickness, one fillet being used for two fonts. It is obvious, however, that instead of using comparatively thick single fillets for the smaller sizes of types two or more fillets may be used together to attain a like result, as indicated in Fig. 14, or a fillet having a double thickness, as illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, l0, and 15, may be used, being reversed in position for a larger or a smaller type, as the case may be. This modification of fillet is formed by making the middle portion f thereof of greater thickness than the edges f f', as Will be understood by reference to Fig. l0. Where the double fillet F is used, we prefer to form grooves c6 o6 in the inner edges of the return-anges c c2, as shown in Figs. 8, 9, 15, and 16, in which the marginal edgesff of the fillet F' fit. The fillets F F', as Well, may be formed with longitudinal slots f2, respectively, for the purpose not only of lightening the metal, but also of affording a View of and access to the types in the channel.

It is obvious that one or more fillets may be used in connection with an ordinary typechannel (closed on both sides) for the purpose of compensating for Variations in the Width of types, and we do not confine ourselves strictly to the use of the open channel in so far as the fillets are concerned. In like manmanet ner the open channel is not dependent upon the use of the fillets, as it can be made of different sizes for prescribed sizes of types and used as shown in Fig. 13.

That We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a type-containing channel, a fillet fitting therein and adapted to compensate for Variations in the Width of the fonts of types to be used, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The combination With a type-containing channel formed on one side with the opposed return-flanges for retaining the types but otherwise open upon that side of a fillet fitting therein and adapted to compensate for variations in the width of the fonts of types, to be used, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a type-containing channel formed on one side with opposed return-flanges `for retaining the types, but otherwise open upon that side, of a fillet fitting therein, said fillet being made of two thicknesses for the purpose and substantially in the manner set forth.

4E. The combination with a type-containing channel formed upon one side with returnflanges having grooves in their opposed edges, of a fillet fitting in said grooves, said fillet being made of two thicknesses, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON. ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW. Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, GEO. WM. MIATT. 

